Learning Outcomes

The objectives for this week are: (listed after the course outcome(s) in italics they relate to)

Employ critical thinking skills, drawing upon prior knowledge when possible, to analyze and explore new and unfamiliar problems
1) Interpret percentages, fractions, and ratios as appropriate probabilities within an authentic context
2) Interpret probabilities, including conditional probabilities, given contextual information contained in a two-way table.
3) Analyze and critique statements about probability and risk that appear in the media

Solve problems using algorithms or formulas
4) Calculate probabilities, including conditional probabilities and probabilities from information in a two-way table